Show TOOTHSOME SHAD the shad boli begin to appear in the rivers about the lath of march and they continue to arrive until the middle of june it Is a remarkable fact that each colony la Is invariably divided info three grand divisions which arrive at diner ent times thus making three successful shoals or as the ilia fishermen fisherman call them runs the n rl run la Is both ginell la in numbers and especially poor in quality and it Is interesting to observe that thorf Is true of tho the herring as well as of the shad this advance guard is 13 larkely composed of what are known as ad hickory OrYs shad and they differ from tho the others in seeh a marked degree as to form a distinct variety the abo fishermen in the chesapeake bay have an un insl ac legand that at the creation thorn were a great many small bones left over and that to dispose of them the hickory shad was made A few faw days alter after those these skirmishers have passed up the river tho the second or areat aroal run ran begins and continues or tour four weeks after the elie fish appear will tile disturb thor constant upward pro grosi except cold weather which duely arriving will cause alln them iii to 10 ateek ek the mud at the bottom boio iu of the river where they remain until the chill ties lias left tile the wilier jt it Is impossible to estimate the number of fish entering a river in ono of these runs the esti asil mato of two millions which has boon been made for the delaware Is vory moderate in view of the fact that ton ten thousand shad havu have boon been taken at one haul of tho the seine in the he waters of that river the third run la is small like the first and though tho the fish are fine doe in quality it receives no DO attention ait cotlon it Is probably composed compose d of stragglers from tile the main body who are somewhat tardy la in their arrival |